H.Res. 21Calling on Vice President Michael R. Pence to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the Cabinet to activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald J. Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting President.

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Sponsor: Jamie Raskin [D-MD-08]
Cosponsors: 147 · 147 Democrats
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Committee: Judiciary Committee
Latest action: Jan 12, 2021 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedJan 11, 2021
Passed the HouseJan 12, 2021

What the measure doesCRS summary

This resolution calls upon Vice President Michael R. Pence (1) to immediately use his powers under section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments to declare that the President is unable to successfully discharge the duties and powers of his office, and (2) to transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House notice that he will be immediately assuming the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 21 as passed House on Jan 12, 2021. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 14

House Jan 12, 2021

On Agreeing to the Resolution

Calling on Vice President Michael R. Pence to convene and mobilize the principal officers of the executive departments of the Cabinet to activate section 4 of the 25th Amendment to declare President Donald J. Trump incapable of executing the duties of his office and to immediately exercise powers as acting President

Passed

223 Yea 205 Nay 5 not voting

Party-line vote 1 of 428 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Republican.

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All members433 members

Democratic222 members

Republican211 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors147 · 147 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.Res. 21 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.

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